How AI can identify people even in anonymized datasets

Weekly social interactions form unique signatures that make people stand out

photo of a man in a crowd wearing a mask on the back of his head

Wearing a mask might keep you anonymous in a crowd. But in anonymized mobile phone databases, AI can still find you based on patterns in your social interactions.

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How you interact with a crowd may help you stick out from it, at least to artificial intelligence.